| 单词 | centoism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcentoism ˈcentoism n. the action or practice of making a cento or centos; spec. the practice of incorporating pre-existing elements into a literary composition or other work (cf. sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > action or practice of composing > patching from others' work centonism1837 centoism1842 1842 E. B. Barrett Some Acct. Greek Christian Poets in Athenæum 5 Mar. 210/2 The tragedy is..a specimen of centoism, which is the adaptation of the phraseology of one work to the construction of another. 1904 J. R. Harris in J. Hastings & J. A. Selbie Dict. Bible V. 67 Sibyllism is closely related to Centoism, and borrows lines and expressions freely from Homer. 1986 D. Kadir Questing Fictions ii. 67 The heterogeneous centoism, the monstrous heterogeneity of abysmal decenteredness where Rufus' quest foundered vertiginously. < as lemmas |
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